Leisha HaileyGosh, Southwest Airlines can't seem to stay out of the news these days. Today's controversy? Well, actress Leisha Hailey, who played Alice Pieszecki, my favorite lesbian on The L Word, says Southwest gave her and her girlfriend the boot off the plane for, get this ... for kissing. Are you kidding me? So now the question is -- was Hailey kicked off the airline for kissing or for, as she claims, kissing another woman?

I have to admit anytime I hear the "family environment" excuse, it automatically shoots up my homophobic discrimination red flag -- because the most homophobic people LOVE to use that "family" word to cover up their discriminatory fears about same-sex couples. You know, as if gay couples have no families or family values simply because they are gay. Little do they know, this "family" excuse shines an even bigger spotlight on their bigoted points of view.

You can bet, if a couple of honeymooner heteros were smooching it up on board, no one would have said a word about their public affection. So unless these two ladies were dry humping in their seats, this sure doesn't bode well for Southwest. I see a public apology in their future.